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Re: Career Advice Please

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Date: 4 May 2001 13:24:13 GMT
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In article <vXfI6.115525$rX5.5954349_at_news1.rdc1.il.home.com>, Thomas C Bloodgood IV <tcbloodgood42_at_home.com> writes:
>I am looking for career pathway to get into Oracle Forms & Developer. Where
>exactly to people get their first Oracle experience? I would very much like
>to hear about career experiences. I've been working 14 years as a Business
>Analyst with the likes of SQL Server 7, Clipper, Access, and Visual FoxPro,
>some VB and VBA. I'd appreciate comments on how to "break into" this
>sector. Looking for stability on a platform of heavy duty hitters, not the
>Billy Microsoft toys. I have been out to the Oracle site, but there isn't
>much direction as to what flavor of UNIX real life companies are running.
>
>Thank you all,
>Tom Bloodgood
>
>>

UNIX is UNIX and all UNIX systems are exactly alike, except where they differ.

I have installed and worked with Oracle on several different UNIX varities and there really isn't much practical difference between them. The most common forms of UNIX installations are Sun Solarlis, HP-UX, and IBM's AIX. But Oracle is Oracle and the Forms tools look and work the same. Yes there are occassional platform specific errors but most bugs are generic and the tools are the tools.

I believe you can get trail versions of Developer from technet, http://technet.oracle.com. You must register, but it is free. The manuals are available if nothing else. You may want to consider installing an Oracle db and tool set on a PC and using it to become familar with the products then you could support your job search with sample work.

Getting a job often depends on applying to the right place at the right time. Someone with your experience should be able to learn a new tool so many possible employers should be willing to train you on the job, while others will only talk to people with experience or maybe formal training in the tool.

I would think learning the basics and having a few screen prints of Forms and Report might be enough to get you a chance.

Good luck.

Received on Fri May 04 2001 - 08:24:13 CDT

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